A man trying to get into the Army lost 63 pounds (28kilograms) in less than four months — an extreme diet that helped lead to his death — and the Army says it is now investigating his mother's allegation that military recruiters had coached him on how to shed weight.Full story

A 21-year-old man charged with trying to blow up a Baltimore-area military recruiting center briefly hesitated when he heard about a federal sting operation that nabbed an alleged terrorist in Oregon last month. Full story